Package org.apache.http.protocol

Class ResponseContent

java.lang.Object

org.apache.http.protocol.ResponseContent

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpResponseInterceptor

@Contract(threading=IMMUTABLE)
public class ResponseContent
extends Object
implements HttpResponseInterceptor

ResponseContent is the most important interceptor for outgoing responses. It is responsible for delimiting content length by adding Content-Length or Transfer-Content headers based on the properties of the enclosed entity and the protocol version. This interceptor is required for correct functioning of server side protocol processors.

Since:

4.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ResponseContent()	Default constructor.
ResponseContent(boolean overwrite)	Constructor that can be used to fine-tune behavior of this interceptor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)	Processes the response (possibly updating or inserting) Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ResponseContent

public ResponseContent()

Default constructor. The Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding will cause the interceptor to throw ProtocolException if already present in the response message.

ResponseContent

public ResponseContent(boolean overwrite)

Constructor that can be used to fine-tune behavior of this interceptor.

Parameters:

overwrite - If set to true the Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers will be created or updated if already present. If set to false the Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers will cause the interceptor to throw ProtocolException if already present in the response message.

Since:

4.2

Method Detail

process

public void process(HttpResponse response,
                    HttpContext context)
             throws HttpException,
                    IOException

Processes the response (possibly updating or inserting) Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers.

Specified by:

process in interface HttpResponseInterceptor

Parameters:

response - The HttpResponse to modify.

context - Unused.

Throws:

ProtocolException - If either the Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding headers are found.

IllegalArgumentException - If the response is null.

HttpException - in case of an HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error